Japanese symbol for “kim”
韓国海苔
かんこくのり
Romaji: kankokunori
gim; kim; Korean nori
In Japanese, kim is 韓国海苔, read かんこくのり (kankokunori).
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Meanings
- n gim; kim; Korean nori (food)
Written forms: 韓国海苔、韓国のり. Readings: かんこくのり.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韓国 | かんこく kankoku | South Korea; Republic of Korea |
| 大韓民国 | だいかんみんこく daikanminkoku | Republic of Korea; South Korea |
| 日韓 | にっかん nikkan | Japan and South Korea; Japanese-Korean |
| 韓米 | かんべい kanbei | South Korea and the United States; Korean-American |
| 大韓航空 | たいかんこうくう taikankoukuu | Korean Air; KAL |
| 全国 | ぜんこく zenkoku | the whole country |
| 国内 | こくない kokunai | within the country; inside the county; domestic |
| 国民 | こくみん kokumin | people (of a country); nation; citizen |
| 海外 | かいがい kaigai | foreign; abroad; overseas |
| 海苔 | のり nori | nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.